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Sketchers Shape-Ups: A Practical Review

January 15, 2010 By 8 Comments
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I have been wearing my Sketchers Shape-ups for about two weeks now.   Please understand that Sketchers did not provide me shoes or money to write this article although I wish they would!  Either way I paid the full retail price of $99 plus tax for mine.  I know it is a lot but the reasons are simple.

  1. I shattered my arch about one and a half years ago.  I have extreme pain and burning in my foot all of the time.  The Dr. said that a rocker bottom soled shoe would imobilize my foot.  This would reduce some of the nerve pain that was occuring.  Right away I went to the expensive shoe store and tried on shoes rangin from $250- $1,000.  No, that is not a typo, I said $1,000!  NONE of them fit.  Because of where my foot broke the in step of that foot is very high.  I walked away crying that I would never wear shoes again.  Then while Christmas shopping I stopped and tried on the Sketcher Shape-Ups and guess what… THEY FIT!
  2. Another reason is that I am weight watching as many of you know.  In addition to a reduction in pain these shoes are supposed to help firm you butt and legs.
  3. The third reason I plunged into a $99 pair of shoes was that they were more stylish then the $1,000 pair I could not afford.  I was also drawn to them because they make Sketchers Shape-Ups boots and Mary Janes.  This means that I can have a shoe that reduces the pain in my foot and it can be something other then a sneaker.

So back to the now!  I have been wearing these sneakers for two weeks now.  I am SO happy with them.  The nerve in my foot is feeling some better, my butt and legs are sore showing that they do something and they have enabled me to walk as a form of exercise.  I just do not know what I would do without my Sketchers Shape-Ups!  I am in love… I think I should stock poile them for when they are not cool anymore!

Becca

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Weight Loss: The Second Day

January 3, 2010 By 2 Comments
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All in all I think that today was a great day.  I was able to stay on my plan as far as eating, I almost drank all of the water I should have, and I am feeling overall happy.  I know that to some two days in is nothing but for me it is everything.  This is a journey I have take before.  It is a journey that I have yet to complete.  I cannot tell you the number of times I have worked at loosing weight.   I have joined Weight Watchers many times, I have tried the South Beach Diet, nutritionist led diets and the list goes on and on.  It is more times then I wish to count. It is not the programs that do not work.  It is that I do not work the program.

It is odd.  This time it all feels different.  It is not that I am pumped up on motivation or anything.  It is not that I have some huge reward waiting for me if I am successful.  It is just different.  This time I am just doing the best I can.  I am easing into loosing weight.  I am making my getting healthy a family afair.  Not that I am discussing dieting with the kids or anything.  I think that discussing dieting is wrong with children.  They so often become obsessed.  I have told our girls that we have been eating very bad lately and that for the new year we will be changing all of that.  They have been great about it.

Thanks to my mother-in-law I am now the proud owner of Sketchers Shape-Up sneakers.  I am adding a small walk tomorrow morning.  I have invited Abigail to come with me on Monday’s and Friday’s.  Emma is expressing interest but I do not think that she is going to want to get up early and walk in the freezing cold.  I guess we will see.  Her days are on Tuesday and Thursday.  Wendsday will be my alone day.  I wanted them all to be alone days but the more I thought about it the more I realized that if this was going to be a family change the girls would also have to be involved.

Day two is in the past now and I am anxious to move into day three.  I think that tomorrow I will take a before picture.  I think of all of the people who are successful and they all have their before picture.

Becca

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